2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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The 2008 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 47th tournament in league history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2008. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. By winning the tournament, Princeton received the ECAC Hockey automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The tournament featured four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game while the losers play in a third-place game. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.

Conference Standings[]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 Clarkson 22 15 4 3 33 72 47 39 22 13 4 108 93
#11 Princeton* 22 14 8 0 28 75 57 35 21 14 0 112 95
Harvard 22 12 7 3 27 59 41 34 17 13 4 98 79
Union 22 10 7 5 25 50 57 35 15 14 6 79 91
Cornell 22 12 9 1 25 60 43 36 19 14 3 102 78
Quinnipiac 22 9 9 4 22 62 67 39 20 15 4 120 118
Yale 22 9 9 4 22 58 61 34 16 14 4 93 94
Colgate 22 8 9 5 21 58 55 42 18 18 6 113 104
St. Lawrence 22 7 13 2 16 58 68 37 13 20 4 103 109
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 15 45 69 38 11 23 4 79 113
Brown 22 6 13 3 15 50 68 31 6 21 4 67 108
Dartmouth 22 6 13 3 15 64 78 32 12 16 4 98 107
Championship: Princeton
indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Bracket[]

Teams are reseeded after the First Round and Quarterfinals

  First Round[4]
March 7–9
Quarterfinals[5]
March 14–16
Semifinals[6]
March 21
Championship
March 22
                                             
  1 Clarkson 1 3 2 2 Princeton 3  
5 Cornell 3 3 6 8 Colgate 0 4 3** 8 Colgate 0  
12 Dartmouth 2 5 0
  2 Princeton 3 3 4
6 Quinnipiac 7* 7 7 Yale 0 4 0     2 Princeton 4
11 Brown 6 1   3 Harvard 1
  3 Harvard 11 4 3
7 Yale 3*** 3* 6 Quinnipiac 0 7 1
10 Rensselaer 2 2 Third Place
  4 Union 2 2 3 Harvard 3
8 Colgate 2 3 3 5 Cornell 3 3 5 Cornell 2   5 Cornell 4
9 St. Lawrence 5 2 1 8 Colgate 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

First round[]

(5) Cornell vs. (12) Dartmouth[]

March 7[7] Cornell 3 – 2 Dartmouth Lynah Rink  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(Nash, Kennedy) Colin Greening - 01:02
(Nash) Raymond Sawada - 13:25
Second period 03:11 - PP - (Gaudet, Grecu)
13:00 - Joe Stejskal (unassisted)
(Devin, Scott) Raymond Sawada - GW PP - 13:46 Third period No scoring
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Ben Scrivens Goalie stats ( 31 saves / 34 shots )
March 8[8] Cornell 3 – 5 Dartmouth Lynah Rink  
No Scoring First period 17:36 - (Boldt, Reber)
(Kennedy, Greening) Riley Nash - 16:58 Second period 16:41 - (Gillam)
18:05 - (Pritchard, Grecu)
(Scott, Sawada) - 03:05
(Nash, Scott) Raymond Sawada - EA PP - 17:38
Third period 06:56 - GW SH - (Fleming, Boldt)
19:22 - EN - (Johnson, Stephens)
( 25 saves / 29 shots ) Ben Scrivens Goalie stats ( 40 saves / 43 shots )
March 9[9] Cornell 6 – 0 Dartmouth Lynah Rink  
(Scott, Kennedy) Raymond Sawada - GW PP - 19:00 First period No scoring
(Kennedy, Sawada) Brendon Nash - 04:23
(Barlow) Blake Gallagher - 08:56
(Krueger, Scrivens) Raymond Sawada - 12:18
Second period No scoring
(Greening) - 02:17
(Nash, Greening) - 13:20
Third period No scoring
( 32 saves / 32 shots ) Ben Scrivens Goalie stats ( 22 saves / 28 shots )
Cornell won series 2–1


(6) Quinnipiac vs. (11) Brown[]

March 7[10] Quinnipiac 7 – 6 OT Brown TD Banknorth Center Recap  
No Scoring First period 18:03 - (Brownschidle)
(Henningson) Brandon Wong - 00:41
(Leitch, Bates) - 00:58
(Leitch, Marshall) - 02:00
(Bates) Bryan Leitch - 02:50
(Bates, Hansen) Bryan Leitch - PP - 04:53
(Dickinson, Leitch) Jamie Bates - 18:48
Second period 10:34 - PP - Ryan Garbutt (Prough, Hurley)
17:49 - PP - (Hurley, Prough)
No scoring Third period 12:59 - Sean McMonagle (Baiser, Robertson)
15:14 - PP - Ryan Garbutt (Poli, Timberlake)
19:54 - EA - Jeff Prough (Vokes, Robertson)
(Lampe) David Marshall - GW - 11:58 First overtime period No scoring
( 24 saves / 30 shots ) Goalie stats ( 18 saves / 23 shots ) / Mark Sibbald ( 19 saves / 21 shots )
March 8[11] Quinnipiac 7 – 1 Brown TD Banknorth Center Recap  
(Holt, Leitch) Jamie Bates - PP - 07:01 First period 17:24 - PP - Ryan Garbutt (Timberlake, Prough)
(Hansen, Nelson) Brandon Wong - GW - 02:22
(Bates, Nelson) - PP - 04:04
(Travis, Holt) Brandon Wong - 09:20
(Hansen, Meyer) - 14:22
Second period No scoring
(Holt, Nelson) Jamie Bates - PP - 05:11
(Wong) - 12:43
Third period No scoring
( 25 saves / 26 shots ) / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Goalie stats ( 8 saves / 12 shots ) / Mark Sibbald ( 11 saves / 14 shots )
Quinnipiac won series 2–0


(7) Yale vs. (10) Rensselaer[]

March 7[12] Yale 3 – 2 3OT Rensselaer Ingalls Rink  
(Arcobello) - 05:42
(Matczak, Martin) - PP - 13:35
First period 16:43 - (Kerins)
19:18 - (Helfrich, Polacek)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Kearney) Broc Little - GW - 05:40 Third overtime period No scoring
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Alec Richards Goalie stats Mathias Lange ( 53 saves / 56 shots )
March 8[13] Yale 3 – 2 OT Rensselaer Ingalls Rink  
No Scoring First period 18:17 - (Polacek, Merth)
19:07 - (Burgdoerfer)
(Little) Ryan Donald - 01:47 Second period No scoring
(Kearney) Broc Little - 14:39 Third period No scoring
(Ronald, Cahill) Sean Backman - GW - 05:11 First overtime period No scoring
( 16 saves / 18 shots ) Alec Richards Goalie stats Mathias Lange ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
Yale won series 2–0


(8) Colgate vs. (9) St. Lawrence[]

March 7[14] Colgate 2 – 5 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
No Scoring First period 15:44 - (Fensel, Griffin)
No scoring Second period 04:28 - Zach Miskovic (McKenzie, McBride)
10:47 - GW - (Griffin, Muir)
19:42 - PP - Zach Miskovic (DeVergilio, McBride)
(Williams, Anderson) Ethan Cox - 01:16
(Cox, Torti) - 19:26
Third period 16:25 - (McBride)
( 21 saves / 25 shots ) Mark Dekanich / ( 11 saves / 12 shots ) Goalie stats ( 30 saves / 32 shots )
March 8[15] Colgate 3 – 2 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
(McNamara, Burton) - 13:50 First period No scoring
(Fredricks, Bogdanich) - 01:11
(McNamara, Winchester) - GW - 10:15
Second period 00:48 - (Generous)
15:31 - (Bogosian, Ross)
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 33 shots ) Mark Dekanich Goalie stats ( 30 saves / 33 shots )
March 9[16] Colgate 3 – 1 St. Lawrence Starr Rink Recap  
(Bogdanich, Burton) - 18:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Camper) - GW - 00:29
(McNamara, Winchester) - PP - 07:47
Third period 07:47 - PP - (McBride)
( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Mark Dekanich Goalie stats ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Colgate won series 2–1


Quarterfinals[]

(1) Clarkson vs. (8) Colgate[]

March 14[17] Clarkson 1 – 0 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Clitsome, D'Alvise) Steven Zalewski - GW PP - 16:24 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) David Leggio Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 24 saves / 25 shots )
March 15[18] Clarkson 3 – 4 Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Beca, Zalewski) Nick Dodge - 04:18
(Dodge, DeFazio) - 16:17
First period 04:18 - (Day, McIntyre)
14:12 - Ethan Cox (Gillanders)
(Beca, Mason) Steven Zalewski - 12:06 Second period 09:44 - David McIntyre (Day, Riley)
No scoring Third period 01:58 - GW - David McIntyre (Day, Sloane)
( 23 saves / 27 shots ) David Leggio Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 21 saves / 24 shots )
March 16[19] Clarkson 2 – 3 2OT Colgate Cheel Arena Recap  
(Tuohimaa) Chris D'Alvise - SH - 10:08 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 01:14 - PP - (Poplawski, Winchester)
16:44 - PP - David McIntyre (Riley, McNamara)
(Mason, Dodge) - 04:57 Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 07:36 - GW - David McIntyre (Riley, McNamara)
( 29 saves / 32 shots ) David Leggio Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 52 saves / 54 shots )
Colgate won series 2–1


(2) Princeton vs. (7) Yale[]

March 14[20] Princeton 3 – 0 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
(Wilson) Lee Jubinville - GW - 00:39
(Kaiser) Mike Moore - 04:17
First period No scoring
(Moore, Fedun) - PP - 10:55 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
( 30 saves / 30 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Alec Richards ( 35 saves / 38 shots )
March 15[21] Princeton 3 – 4 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
(Magnowski, Kramer) - PP - 06:31
(Wilson, Moore) - PP - 07:17
First period 09:28 - PP - (Little, Backman)
12:08 - Jean-Francois Boucher (Dignard, Anderson)
No scoring Second period 00:18 - (Dignard, Anderson)
10:18 - GW - Broc Little (Kearney)
(Wilson) - EA - 19:01 Third period No scoring
( 22 saves / 26 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats ( 32 saves / 35 shots )
March 16[22] Princeton 4 – 0 Yale Hobey Baker Memorial Rink Recap  
(Fedun) - GW PP - 03:27
(Magnowski, Arhontas) - 14:24
First period No scoring
(Kaiser, Hagel) - 16:26 Second period No scoring
(Moore, Fedun) - SH - 05:41 Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 31 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats ( 28 saves / 32 shots )
Princeton won series 2–1


(3) Harvard vs. (6) Quinnipiac[]

March 14[23] Harvard 11 – 0 Quinnipiac Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Rogers, Biega) - GW - 03:03
(Mientel, Biega) - 05:33
First period No scoring
(MacDonald, Magura) - 09:29
(Taylor, Rogers) - 10:51
(McCollem, Dufault) - PP - 15:09
(McCollem, Taylor) - 17:28
(Watters, Meintel) - 19:37
Second period No scoring
(Biega, Taylor) Jon Pelle - PP - 01:15
(Fraser, McCollem) - PP - 03:34
(Watters, Meintel) - 05:36
(Magura, Fraser) - 12:56
Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) / ( 2 saves / 2 shots ) Goalie stats ( 19 saves / 24 shots ) / ( 12 saves / 17 shots ) / ( 6 saves / 7 shots )
March 15[24] Harvard 4 – 7 Quinnipiac Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(Watters) - 13:10
(Taylor, Rogers) Jon Pelle - PP - 18:19
First period 02:43 - PP - Jamie Bates (Henningson, Nelson)
08:10 - (Tranvik, Lampe)
16:48 - PP - Dan Henningson (Bates, Nelson)
(Michaud, Watters) - 11:44 Second period 00:19 - PP - Jamie Bates (Henningson, Nelson)
02:54 - GW PP - Dan Henningson (Nelson, Wong)
19:34 - SH - Eric Lampe (unassisted)
(Michaud, Watters) - 12:25 Third period 19:33 - EN - (unassisted)
( 20 saves / 26 shots ) Goalie stats ( 41 saves / 45 shots )
March 16[25] Harvard 3 – 1 Quinnipiac Bright Hockey Center Recap  
(unassisted) - SH - 13:07 First period No scoring
(Taylor, Biega) - GW PP - 11:34 Second period 10:57 - Bryan Leitch (Hansen, Nelson)
(Rogers, Tallett) - 14:45 Third period No scoring
( 26 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats ( 26 saves / 29 shots )
Harvard won series 2–1


(4) Union vs. (5) Cornell[]

March 14[26] Union 2 – 3 Cornell Achilles Center Recap  
(Wakita, Presizniuk) - 16:06 First period 01:00 - (Mugford, Scali)
No scoring Second period 09:25 - (unassisted)
(Boileau, Shaffer) - 11:32 Third period 14:17 - GW PP - Brendon Nash (Krantz, Greening)
( 24 saves / 27 shots ) Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 24 saves / 26 shots )
March 15[27] Union 2 – 3 Cornell Achilles Center Recap  
(Presizniuk, Cook) - PP - 08:16 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 02:18 - (Greening, Nash)
11:30 - PP - Blake Gallagher (Nash, Nash)
(Boileau, Valery-Trabucco) Lane Caffaro - 03:16 Third period 08:40 - GW PP - Evan Barlow (Gallagher, Greening)
( 18 saves / 21 shots ) Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 41 saves / 43 shots )
Cornell won series 2–0


Semifinals[]

(2) Princeton vs. (8) Colgate[]

March 21[28] Princeton 3 – 0 Colgate Times Union Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Magnowski) - GW - 08:04
(Shattenkirk, Stankievech) - 14:44
(Shattenkirk) - EN - 19:39
Third period No scoring
( 27 saves / 27 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats Mark Dekanich ( 19 saves / 21 shots )


(3) Harvard vs. (5) Cornell[]

March 21[29] Harvard 3 – 1 Cornell Times Union Center Recap  
No Scoring First period No scoring
(McCafferty, Fraser) - PP - 03:35
(Rogers, Taylor) Jon Pelle - GW PP - 05:02
Second period 06:57 - (Sawada, Kennedy)
(Biega, Taylor) Jon Pelle - PP - 17:24 Third period No scoring
( 31 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats Ben Scrivens ( 30 saves / 33 shots )


Third place[]

(5) Cornell vs. (8) Colgate[]

March 22[30] Cornell 4 – 2 Colgate Times Union Center Recap  
(Kennedy) - 13:45 First period 16:04 - (Werner, DeBello)
(Devin, Kennedy) Raymond Sawada - PP - 07:31
(Scott, Kennedy) Justin Krueger - GW PP - 08:57
Second period No scoring
(Nash, Nash) Colin Greening - PP - 03:16 Third period 18:35 - (Camper, Fredricks)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Ben Scrivens / ( 3 saves / 4 shots ) Goalie stats ( 12 saves / 15 shots ) / ( 8 saves / 9 shots )


Championship[]

(2) Princeton vs. (3) Harvard[]

March 22[31] Princeton 4 – 1 Harvard Times Union Center Recap  
(Kushniruk, Hagel) Mike Moore - 05:04 First period No scoring
(Moore) - GW - 12:34 Second period No scoring
(MacIntyre) - PP - 16:54
(unassisted) - EN - 18:22
Third period 00:24 - PP - Jon Pelle (Taylor, Biega)
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Zane Kalemba Goalie stats ( 24 saves / 27 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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